The "Local Technology Plan Guidelines" serve as the basis for the Department's annual technology data collection. This report takes a look at the data submitted by 344 school districts, examining the progress Massachusetts school districts are making in meeting the recommended guidelines. In doing so, it will gauge the degree to which…

This Legislative Review reports that: (1) HB 1348, a bill to permit concealed weapons at public events and places, including North Dakota University System (NDUS) campuses, was heard in the House Government and Veterans Affairs Committee Friday, January 30. The State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) opposes this bill unless it is amended to…

A procedural guide to program-planning-budgeting systems (PPBS) and an exploration of valid sources of funding for school media programs. (Author/PF)

Most school boards still use the accounting methods of the forties and fifties. Outlined here is a method for the seventies - called Responsible Accounting. (Editor)

An experiment involving the introduction of two different budgeting methods into a simulated educational organization was carried out using internal and external change agents. An overall view of conflict in the budgeting process is suggested, and the implications of the apparent superiority of the PPBS approach are reviewed. (Author)

The provost of Michigan State University discusses erroneous methods of increasing efficiency and other problems in pursuing efficiency at large institutions. He lists 14 actions tried at MSU to improve efficiency and effectiveness. (Author/MLF)

Systemwide program budgeting, resource allocation, and evaluation are inconsistent with local control over the design and implementation of educational programs. (HMD)

Summary of report on study entitled PLANNING FOR EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN A PLANNING, PROGRAMMING AND BUDGETING STSTEM," by Selma Mushkin (Education Commission of the States Steering Committee meeting, December, 1968).

This compilation of the oversight hearings of the ninety-sixth congress on federally funded child nutrition programs contains testimonies concerning the possible impact on these programs of a proposed reduction in federal spending for the fiscal year 1980. It was proposed that a reduction in spending be met through legislative changes in existing…

The Planning-Programing-Budgeting System (PPBS) uses techniques of systems analysis, cost-benefit analysis, and program budgeting in the administration of large, complex organizations. Some university administrators hope to improve their institutions' internal management through the PPBS approach. The basic program categories of the university are…

This literature review examines 16 selected documents processed by the ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Administration that deal with the application of several kinds of planning systems to educational programs. Particular attention is given to planning-programming-budgeting systems (PPBS), program evaluation review techniques (PERT), and various…